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Single-car crash injures two

By Jack Minch, jminch@sentinelandenterprise.com

Updated:
06/16/2013 06:37:01 AM EDT

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Rescue personnel respond to the scene of a single-car crash on Benson Road in Fitchburg late Friday night. Police say two men from Fitchburg were airlifted to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Their conditions were not available Saturday.

FITCHBURG -- A four-door Honda civic traveling down Benson Street at speeds estimated at more than 70 miles per hour crashed into a building at 232 Crawford St. about 10:54 p.m. Friday, police said.

The car pushed a brick wall 4 inches forward before spinning left, while a passenger was thrown from the car and into the building's glass front door, according to Officer Paul McNamara.

The victims were taken to Fitchburg Municipal Airport, where two medical helicopters transferred them to the trauma unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

Both victims were Fitchburg men in their mid-20s, said District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.'s spokesman Paul Jarvey. Their names were not available Saturday.

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Skid marks were found along Benson Street leading up to the scene of the crash.

Skid marks from the car were found along Benson Street and continued until the front wheels hit the curb in front of the building, former home of Piermarocchi Construction.

The car was launched about 3 feet off the ground and the undercarriage struck a boulder estimated to weigh at least 2,000 pounds.

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